Sicilian Workers's lyrics & chords

Now available for the first time in 30 years, this digitally remastered recording provides a window into the cultural reality of Sicilian workers, whose stirring and unforgettable songs convey the hardship of life and labor in non-industrial Sicily. This important collection preserves peasant songs and street calls, as well as work songs sung by actual salt workers, cart drivers, and tuna fishermen, all recorded on location in the streets, in the salty sea, and on the tuna boats, where they had been sung for countless generations. Folk Music an...read more